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Starting point for a World Food and Wine tour

We love food and wine. We are partial to good food, we enjoy discovering new flavors, we like the way wine tastes, the way wine enhances a meal and how people come together around the dinner table to share food and wine. Food and wine can become a pleasure opening a door to other countries, to other cultures, to new people.

Departures

Home cooking can become boring, after a while. Look around world food and wine for something different. Variety is the spice of life and it is also an essential ingredient to stay a happy and motivated cook.

"We are for simple cooking. We don't have the time." You'll say.

It is wrong to keep home cooking a boring activity. We need garnishes and side dishes to enjoy a meal. We want fantasy with shape and color. unexpected flavors and aromas. Things that surprise our taste buds. find out how it is food can cease to be simply fuel for life and became a pleasure more satisfying than you ever thought possible to find on a plate.

Take a new interest in cooking and where food comes from. Learn not only which foods are healthy, but ensure they come from sustainable sources. Healthy eating goes necessarily through the stove, and you can save the world at the same time.

The world is your oyster

Planning and cooking an Italian dinner for six is as easy as planning and cooking anything else. Doing a British, Danish or Russian dinner, designing a romantic dinner for two, Paris style, a Caribbean party for twenty, a Hawaiian luau for six couples; an Indonesian banquet for ten, exciting. When we have the information about the cooking of other countries at our fingertips, it's easy to add exciting new tastes to our home cooking.

We'll discover that Chinese stir-frying is quick cooking and fall in love with the simplicity of Japanese dishes. We'll try easy going Spanish tapas and Middle Eastern spices. We can always fall back on fajitas, burgers, clam chowder and chicken pot pie when we feel home sick.

Home cooking is now full of exciting possibilities. Let's do some food travel and bring the world to you.

On the same path

First step would be stocking the staples you need to cook international. Why not follow the recommendations in our basic pantry?

Everything we know about wine is the wine cellar. Get started with wine. Know the basic types, how to taste it, and what is behind the names. Wine begins in the grapes and so should you.

More than wine and food

Find cooking tips, wine suggestions, menus planned and recommendations on how to pair food and wine. if you like travel and you like tasting the local food, this is your site. If you want to know about wine in everyday language, this is the right place. If you want to ignore the cultural stuff, skip this and go for the food recipes and wine suggestions. even if you don't know all the reasons, your food and wine will taste just as good.

Wherever you are

Remember there are other ways to learn about food and wine, and meet fellow food and wine lovers. To discover fabulous food and wine information hidden in books, magazines, and other web sites, look at further resources. Get your souvenirs here.